Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Exactly 400 years ago, give or take a couple of weeks, Monteverdi’s Orfeo received its first performance in ...

Extensive conservation work is taking place at the Palace of Whitehall's 17th-century Banqueting House including cleaning and repairing an original Rubens ceiling painting.

The Banqueting House is currently closed while the work is carried out but is expected to reopen in the summer. Listen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook ...